Kiki Vandeweghe
Kiki Vandeweghe
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe IIIis a German-born American basketball executive, currently the vice-president of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association. Vandeweghe is a retired professional basketball player and was formerly general manager of the Denver Nuggets and the New Jersey Nets, and a head coach of the Nets...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth1 August 1958
CityWiesbaden, Germany
commented
I've never commented on it. The only thing I will say is I'm very appreciative of what has been done for me and I like (Denver) a lot.
best difficult improved looked players team
We've looked at a lot of things. All our players are happy. We're a team that really improved dramatically. We have young players that are still getting better. Again, it's difficult not to do something. But sometimes that's the best thing to do.
exactly past perceived
Overall, I think that the past incidents, sometimes it's not exactly what it's perceived to be.
conclusion jon wants
Jon really has to come to the conclusion that he wants to do this.
bothers change culture major type
That always bothers me. That was one of the major challenges, to change the culture (of the team). . . . I do think you're going to get that type of thing once in a while.
add basically free healthy
What we've done is add a healthy Voshon Lenard. He basically is our free agent.
guys
There are a lot of guys on the board.
bit bothered goes good injury knew liked player puts rumors talked wants
When a player goes through an injury and doesn't play the way he wants to, sometimes rumors start. When they first started, I talked to him about it. I knew it bothered him because he liked it here. . . . It puts a bit of uncertainty in your head, and that's never a good thing.
anymore few found further happened incident last sort truly type
To me, when we sort of found out what truly happened . . . we were much more comfortable with it. Also, he's not on probation anymore (having been so for two years). And there's been no further incident of any type for the last few years.
great season
He's having a great season and, hopefully, it's not going to be too long. We really don't know right now.
whatever
He's a very, very important part of whatever we do. We want Melo with us for a long time.
determined everybody hurt prove
He's going to come back 100 percent. He's hurt right now, but he's determined to come back and prove everybody wrong.
advice decisions great happens quick rush suggestion
He got a great (recent) MRI report. My suggestion is to see how it goes. That would be my advice. Not to rush back. But not to make any quick decisions and see how it goes. Because you can never tell what happens in a month.
great happen looked
He looked great in pre-season and for something like this to happen really hurts. But he is going to come back.